Been watching for an older, electro-mechanical controlled, 18" portable DW for awhile. I check CL every so often. Had the thought to check today but didn't see anything in appliances. Looked in the free section and there was an ad for some stuff (junk mostly) but it included an 18" portable DW. It was located in the next town only 11 miles away. Ad had been posted 3 hours earlier. I grabbed my keys and told one of my co-workers I'd be back, had something I needed to do.
Funny thing was I didn't take a close look at the map in the ad but I was very familiar with the road that was named. The exact address wasn't listed. So I get to the road and ride down it (its not long) and see nothing. It's actually a piece of the "old road" since the "new" more direct road was built to replace it many years ago. I turn around and ride down it again. Still nothing. I figured everything must have been taken already. I started to head back to work but then thought everything couldn't be gone in 3 hours. Not here anyway. It's very rural and not a lot of traffic.
I don't have a phone with internet so I have the idea to go into town to the library and use a computer there to go online and check the ad again. So that's what I did. After looking again I see the map is showing another section of the old road further out of town. So back I go, ride down that section of the road and it was still there waiting for me. The guy who posted the ad helped me load it into the back of my Blazer. Tried to get me to take some cinder blocks. Told him I didn't need any.
His description in the ad stated he didn't know if it worked. I wanted to get back to work so didn't think to ask him if he had tested it at all. Didn't look inside until I got it home tonight. Found a bag of Cascade action pacs inside. It needs a good cleaning but it's in nice shape. No rust inside or on the racks and the hoses look fine. You can see one spot on the lower right of the tub where a chip in the porcelain was covered with silicone. Two pieces of trim on the front that hold the reversible panels are missing. I plugged it in and it seems to work fine. Timer advances, motor runs, fill valve opens, heater works. The faucet wouldn't hook to the unicouple so I couldn't do a water test. According to the Serial number it was manufactured Nov, 1990. I guess something made me look at CL at the right time on the right day and I was supposed to get it. There was no charge for Poppin Fresh. [this post was last edited: 3/9/2017-22:02]
Funny thing was I didn't take a close look at the map in the ad but I was very familiar with the road that was named. The exact address wasn't listed. So I get to the road and ride down it (its not long) and see nothing. It's actually a piece of the "old road" since the "new" more direct road was built to replace it many years ago. I turn around and ride down it again. Still nothing. I figured everything must have been taken already. I started to head back to work but then thought everything couldn't be gone in 3 hours. Not here anyway. It's very rural and not a lot of traffic.
I don't have a phone with internet so I have the idea to go into town to the library and use a computer there to go online and check the ad again. So that's what I did. After looking again I see the map is showing another section of the old road further out of town. So back I go, ride down that section of the road and it was still there waiting for me. The guy who posted the ad helped me load it into the back of my Blazer. Tried to get me to take some cinder blocks. Told him I didn't need any.
His description in the ad stated he didn't know if it worked. I wanted to get back to work so didn't think to ask him if he had tested it at all. Didn't look inside until I got it home tonight. Found a bag of Cascade action pacs inside. It needs a good cleaning but it's in nice shape. No rust inside or on the racks and the hoses look fine. You can see one spot on the lower right of the tub where a chip in the porcelain was covered with silicone. Two pieces of trim on the front that hold the reversible panels are missing. I plugged it in and it seems to work fine. Timer advances, motor runs, fill valve opens, heater works. The faucet wouldn't hook to the unicouple so I couldn't do a water test. According to the Serial number it was manufactured Nov, 1990. I guess something made me look at CL at the right time on the right day and I was supposed to get it. There was no charge for Poppin Fresh. [this post was last edited: 3/9/2017-22:02]
